Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-10-21
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TIIE B1LTLuORE LNIQ UTTY
THE STATE OF THINGS AGAINST WHICH THE
MARYLAND INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS ARE
IL REBELLION.
From the Rutland Herald
Since the Independent Democrats Of
Baltimore issued their protest against the
outrageous frauds Of the German ring
which President Cleveland is upholding, the
subject has attracted the attention of the
whole country. 1t is seldom, if ever, that
so iniquitous an administration has cursed
"A city.
1t appears that 10000 names, in "A city Of
$50, 600 inhabitants and about 20, 600 voters,
were illegally registered, and that colored
voters were often ntimidated from regis
terng or voting, while one of them, for de
claring himself Republican, was murder
ed by man who has been appointed under
Mr. Cleveland's administration to clerk
ship in the internal revenue Office.
The Baltimore correspondent Of the New
York World states that 81 convicts have
had control Of the election machinery, and
he gives their names and crimes Here are
a few samples and it will be seen that the
most notorious cases were long ago com
planned of TO the President, but he has
made no sign Of any intention to rid the
,,.,...,,,,,,,t y.,,.,,i,o r ,b. so,rlrols or nh.
s"i'e MS "''o'' II oiii 'ie
Eugene higgins appointment clerk III the
treasury department concerned Ill the de.
struction OF lO.ooo ballots IN the contested
election OF 1910. According TO the gene
rally accepted story today higgins and Ma
val oihcer Rasln admitted themselves 70
the clerk office where the ballots were on
certain saturday that during saturday
night sunday and Suniay nlght they de
stroyed ten thousand legitimate ballots ana
placed IN thelr stead illeHltihlate oalioIs
ltesh rom Ihe Pi 'n'erIso lreII, III !act'
;mt nI' M. maninnlotors Jid not w., nopsa m iorg
enough to fold them. but dropped them into
the box as they came from the press
Naval Officer Rasin, then a poor man, en-
tered the common pleas court in 1856; as a
clerk at a salary Of $1,000. Today he is
worth anywhere from 500, 900 to $500, 900.
He made his money 10y lobbying. He was
in with all the strikers of the legislature,
with particular aim at corporations No
good law could be passed with Rasin's as
| sistance and no bad law could be killed
| without seeing him. He was and is par
| ticular pet Of Senator German He con-
trols more federal and municipal patronage
than any man in the state except Mr. Cor
man. He is more influential in Legislative
matters than Eugene Higgins He controls
all the gamblers, blackmailers and political
strikers in Baltimore. and is responsible for
| 50 per cent of the political Jobs
Morris Thomas Indian agent and ballot
box suffer, is regarded as the most dex-
ferrous and expert ballot-box manipulation in
| MARYLAND. He defies the law and public
sentiment He is political chum of Frank
| Morrison, and, next to Rasin, is responsible
| for more Of the crookedness in Maryland
politics than any man living.
Now comes the procession of murderer.
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ring
George Trust, murderer No /, clerk II
the internal revenue department under DO
seph B. Roberts. Trust, while warden il
the city jail, took pistol out OF the arse
nal and walked down to Light street, where
|
With ms VIE are re, you Democrat or
,iJ a., ',,,,o,' ,,.t ill.,, he hrains
Jim Busey is a character notoriou,
character He is the Democratic city exec
utive in the seventeenth ward. This is al
honorable position but Mr' busey Is
nuiy a,n ,oI5 51.i nv n"S nus oeen t i,i,r, f
sanlt With intent 70 Kin nine times for MS
sault at the polls. four times for assaultin.
police officers, and always on grounds sufli
cient to send any patriot without poitlca
pun 70 S'ale prison, pusey mas m iiSaiiapl. ia,,
onJ tbraats of tbe r;rc Todev he !. snner
;ntenJent If strsats of Baltimore on a fa
- ~ tbo baaI - IN ,,,,,, RI, ;
ahont tbe hast rsnresentativa of the rir,
tat
Er;t1 Ruckbeine,. clerk of the MARKETS
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und,,os =
C,eo.,,o Koori,, n ,nurdsrer i keanor n
tbs Cans.,ya, LTid,,e
I,I,, prrL. inj,s of al.ctiop in the GOV
a,tao,,tL ,,ord yrae con,.ictaJ With lame
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- br,;al unnrn,,otsJ ami nrsnnaditata
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~, NJ.
he iiSt 'S ii'u'h iorsor' "u' 'n1re Is u
occasion To copy H. Inc reform league
making vigorous fight to purge the regis
tration lists OF names Illegally entered DC
fore the city election which VIII occur o'
tober 20. They have got two reglstratio
officers indicted for refusing to allow theI
TO inspect the books, and they have ha
about 900 names stricken oil. There al
about 1000 more petitions to be heard
Following Is a sample OF the outrageou
opposition that they have to encounter;
John Johnson Jr., Democrat, was sci
10 Vhe l'h Waiu-one ol 'he 'pusheSt
tronhis ta1 M ,n Te cbar,'ed % I That Register Wsbar
discriminnted apninst the coloTed applicant
for registration, often lmpelling them I
wait hours to be regist ed when they couI
have gotten through IA en- or hlIeeh mn mn
oS 5,; y;ss o,a and so i,forr,aJ tba ra,
~ "'i''5 ~" .'''e''' '''' -
6cer who CARRIED Jobnson off IN nriso,
- Once behind the bars, johnson was threa
3 ened with public bath, in accordance vii
} the rules of the institution, but was let @
J by the warden. Two hours later he WI
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